Latest Fiction editing Podcast Episodes
Strengthening your prose: Manner adverbs, naming emotions, filler words, and weasel words.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - October 31, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutesManner adverbs are a quick-fix solution for when you can’t quite find the right verb. Instead, seek out that perfect verb which will make your writing more dynamic. Find out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Support our Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fictioned...
World Building Part 2: Creating a magic system and Brandon Sanderson’s three laws of magic.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - October 24, 2021 18:00 - 49 minutesWorldbuilding is one of the trickiest elements to get right when writing fiction. Typically we think of sci-fi, fantasy, and other speculative genres like dystopian, but all fiction requires worldbuilding, even historic or contemporary fiction. Find out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://...
Part 1 on Worldbuilding. 11 Tips on how to build a fictional universe.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - October 16, 2021 00:10 - 46 minutesFind out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Support our Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fictionediting
Stop trying to Sound Smart. $5 words, fancy dialogue tags, and over-Capitalizing.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - October 09, 2021 19:43 - 38 minutesToday is episode 4. We’re talking about how fiction is not the same as academic writing. Quote of the week: “Don’t use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.” —Mark Twain Daniel Wrinn, Our first VIP Gold listener. Daniel Wrinn is the author of War Heroes, the first book in his John ...
Point of View. How to keep a consistent POV and NOT be a head hopper.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - October 03, 2021 13:39 - 39 minutesThe main reason you don’t want to head-hop is that it confuses the reader. Head hopping damages your story by making the writing feel choppy. It makes it harder for the reader to identify with and care about what’s happening to a key character, and if they don’t care, they won’t continue to read....
How to Write Gritty and Entertaining Fight Scenes
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - September 29, 2021 22:36 - 28 minutesMotivate your characters. Are they in it for survival or revenge or honor or something else? G: A small disclaimer here, not an expert in fighting itself. I’m not a warrior. I’m sure a real warrior can easily beat the crap out of me. Q: So why are you qualified to talk about fight scenes? As...
Protagonists. How to establish a bond between the reader and the protagonist from the get go.
Improve Your Fiction Writing. - September 27, 2021 20:45 - 39 minutesThey’re people of action who speak their minds, kick ass, and take names, and, most important, who act when in real life we’d be cowering. —Jessica Morrell, Thanks But This Isn’t for Us I’ll usually see an interesting or innovative plot, but it’ll be stocked with cardboard story people—char...
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